Former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle was released from a Los Angeles jail early today after completing his time for involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting an unarmed passenger on New Year's Day 2009.
E-mail and phone notifications made at 12:01 a.m. today said Mehserle had been released, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's online inmate locator also said he had been freed.
Officials have declined to discuss specifics about Mehserle's release.
Mehserle, 29, was sentenced to two years for shooting Oscar Grant in the back while the 22-year-old Hayward man lay face down on the platform at Oakland's Fruitvale BART Station after being pulled from a train.
SC deputy kills suspect holding hostage
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Associated Press
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — A man authorities say was holding a woman hostage at a
home in South Carolina has been shot and killed by a sheriff...
Taliban attacks kill at least 69 across Afghanistan
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KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants struck government targets in many
provinces of Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 69 people, including
a senior p...
Icarus lifts off
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After the launch of a Soyuz 2 rocket scheduled for October 12 was postponed
by two days, the carrier rocket yesterday docked with the ISS. On board:
the Ic...
Inflation hits five year high of 3%
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The headline CPI rate edged up from 2.9 per cent in August to reach the
highest level since 2012 last month – and the Bank of England expects it to
rise ag...
Japanese Man Invents Coffee Made Entirely of Garlic
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When you think about coffee alternatives, garlic is probably one of the
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Japanese i...
Whales and dolphins lead 'human-like lives'
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Scientists have linked the brain size of cetaceans to the 'human-like'
nature of their social behaviors. While the underwater existence of
dolphins, w...
Kris Kuksi: Hallucinatory Enhancements
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Joshua Liner Gallery is pleased to present Hallucinatory Enhancements, an
exhibition of new work from Kansas-based artist Kris Kuksi. This will be
Kuksi’...
10 Signs Your Canned Food Has Gone Bad
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Do you know how to tell if the can or jar of food in your stockpile is
safe? Some dents are ok, but these 10 signs mean that your particular can
or jar is ...
The (Authorized) Downfall of Harvey Weinstein
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This post The (Authorized) Downfall of Harvey Weinstein appeared first on The
Vigilant Citizen.
He was once a powerful, untouchable Hollywood mogul. He h...
ICE FOIA Library Still Down: FRINFORMSUM 10/12/2017
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ICE FOIA Library Still Down U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement took
down its FOIA library on October 3 “for review” – and has yet to reactivate
the s...
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A couple of weeks ago on a Sunday evening, after the grand opening of the
Free State Bitcoin Shoppe, dozens of people gathered in the Seacoast
Repertory ...
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This week I made my debut at In Justice Today, a blog founded by the Fair
Punishment Project at Harvard Law School. My first post warns reformers not
to ...
DOJ Stumbles at Hearing on Detaining Immigrants
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Criticizing an attorney for the government for arguing issues he never
raised in briefing, the First Circuit seemed likely at a hearing Wednesday
to u...
China's Other Cultural Revolution: New at Reason
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The Communists tried to purge Chinese society of bourgeoise influence
during the Cultural Revolution. It sparked another cultural revolution, one
that t...
Mom Has Stacked Dinner Party Roster
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GOLDEN, CO—Their eyes widening in amazement as the 43-year-old rattled off
the names of heavy hitter after heavy hitter, impressed members of the
Dreesh...
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